QUICK FACTS
Age
25
Birthday
October 29, 2000
Zodiac
Scorpio
Position
Rapper, Vocalist
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Korean Name
김애리
BIOGRAPHY
Uchinaga Aeri was raised in Tokyo and grew up trilingual in Japanese, Korean, and English — a combination that gave her a cross-cultural fluency unusual even by international K-pop standards. She joined SM through a Global Audition and debuted as aespa's main rapper in 2020. Her dry wit and self-aware humour contrast with the group's high-concept art direction and have earned her a devoted separate fanbase.
Contemporary art, high fashion, music theory and production, and an expansive knowledge of Japanese pop culture.
DID YOU KNOW
- 01
Japanese-Korean rapper raised in Tokyo who attended international school
- 02
Fluent in Japanese, Korean, and English — aespa's main interpreter abroad
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